'    Copyright 2008 Jan Molnar <jan.molnar@abds.de>
'
'    This file is part of JCQ.

'    JCQ is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
'    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
'    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
'    (at your option) any later version.

'    JCQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
'    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
'    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
'    GNU General Public License for more details.

'    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
'    along with JCQ. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Public Interface IIdentity
    Property Identifier() As String
    Property Description() As String
    Property ImageUrl() As String

    Function GetAttribute(ByVal key As String) As Object
    Function GetAttribute(Of T)(ByVal key As IIdentityAttribute(Of T)) As T
    Sub SetAttribute(Of T)(ByVal key As IIdentityAttribute(Of T), ByVal value As T)
    Sub SetAttribute(ByVal key As String, ByVal value As Object)
    Function HasAttribute(ByVal key As String) As Boolean
    Function HasAttribute(Of T)(ByVal key As IIdentityAttribute(Of T)) As Boolean

    Function GetAttributeNames() As String()
End Interface